May 24, 1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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Schacht, George Frederick, 7, Regent’s Place, Clifton. 
Shaw, John, 24, Great George’s Place, Liverpool. 
Stoddart, William W alter, 9, North Street, Bristol. 
Sutton, Francis, Bank Plain, Norwich. 
Urwick, William Walker, 60, St. George’s Road. 
Williams, John, 14, Buckingham Street, W.C. 
Auditors. 
There being only the requisite number of Candidates 
(five) for the offices of Auditors, the Chairman declared 
the following duly elected for the ensuing twelve 
months :— 
Andrews, Frederick, 23, Leinster Terrace, Hyde Park, 
W. 
Barron, Frederick, 2, Bush Lane, E.C. 
Hodgkinson, William, 127, Aldersgate Street, E.C. 
Horner, Edward, 20, Bucklersbury, E.C. 
Squire, William, 5, Coleman Street, E.C. 
The Scrutineers also handed to the President their 
report of the return for the election of Local Secretaries. 
Votes of thanks were given to the Scrutineers and the 
Chairman, and the meeting separated. 
SHEFFIELD PHARMACEUTICAL AND 
CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The usual monthly meeting of the above Society was 
held on Wednesday, May 7th; Mr. W. Ward, F.C.S., 
President, in the chair, when, after some preliminary 
business, a lecture was delivered by Mr. G. A. Cubley, 
M.P.S., on “ Pharmaceutical Arithmetic.” The lecture, 
which was of a most interesting character, was listened to 
with great attention, and Mr. Cubley was frequently ap¬ 
plauded during its delivery ; the obvious practicability of 
his remarks being appreciated by a numerous meeting of 
members and associates. During the course of his remaiks 
the lecturer alluded to the necessity of a good knowledge 
of arithmetic required in pharmacy, and which becomes 
year by year more important. He then entered into an 
examination of the weights and measures of the Phar¬ 
macopoeia, the old apothecaries’ weight, and the metrical 
weights and measures ; these he illustrated with compara¬ 
tive tables. The proportions of active ingredients in the 
preparations of the Pharmacopoeia as there given w ei e 
next alluded to and their great use shown. _ The case of 
mucilage under the head of Acaciae Gummi being, how¬ 
ever, said by the lecturer to convey a wrong impression, 
as it is stated in the Pharmacopoeia to contain 1 part gum 
in 2\ mucilage, which, though right as regards weight is 
wrong by measure, for mucilage being a fluid would 
according to the Pharmacopoeia be measured not weighed. 
The method of calculating the measure of a fluid, its 
specific gravity and weight being known, was then given, 
and the necessity of calculating the quantity of excipient 
used in pill masses shown. 
He then proceeded to the use of arithmetic in prescrip¬ 
tions, and proved its especial use in those now becoming 
so frequent where a single dose is prescribed, and then so 
many doses ordered. He brought forward several peculiar 
instances and gave the various calculations required. 
After illustrating the mode of converting Fahrenheit 
degrees of temperature into Centigrade, and showing 
various easy methods of converting the various weights 
and measures into one another, the lecturer concluded 
with an appeal to the students of the Society to apply 
diligently to their arithmetical studies, not only for their 
own sakes in relation to business, but because life 
frequently was at stake whilst they were calculating. 
At the close a vote of thanks, moved by Mr. Dobb and 
seconded by Mr. Malcham, was unanimously accorded to 
Mr. Cubley, which brought the meeting to a close. 
farliantmtstg imir fato fratccMnijs. 
Heavy Sentence under the Adulteration Act. 
On Saturday, May 17, Henry Howard, a milk dealer, 
carrying on business at 270, Euston Road, appeared 
before Mr. Mansfield to answer the complaint of the 
inspector appointed by the vestry of St. Pancras to en¬ 
force the Adulteration Act. 
From evidence adduced it appeared that on the 3rd 
instant, the inspector went to the defendant’s shop and 
asked for a pint of milk. The niece of the defendant 
served him, and he poured the milk into bottles, which 
were sealed in the presence of defendant, and afterwards 
given to Dr. Stephenson, the analyst, who found it was 
half water, and he gave a certificate to that effect, but 
stated that in his opinion it was not injurious to health. 
On the 16th instant Mr. Hartley again entered the shop 
of defendant and asked for a pint of milk, which was 
served by the defendant’s wife, but he was standing by 
her side at the time. The milk was placed in a bottle, 
sealed, and given to the analyst, who found that the milk 
was adulterated to the extent of one-fourth of water. 
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said the in¬ 
spector did not ask for pure milk, if he had done so he 
could have had it. 
As this was the first prosecution by the parish the full' 
penalty was not asked for. 
Mr. Mansfield said he should not inflict the full penalty, 
but he hoped the vestry would proceed against every per¬ 
son offending against the Act. The defendant would 
have to pay a fine of £10 for the first case, £5 for the 
second, and 25 s. costs. 
The money was at once paid.— Standard. 
Robbery of Drugs. 
Frederick Tucker, who had been in the employ of 
Messrs. Herring and Co., manufacturing druggists, Alders¬ 
gate Street, for over twenty-one years, and had held the 
position of manager of the tincture department, and John 
Holland, a general dealer, living in Spitalfields Market, 
were charged on remand at the Guildhall Police Court, on 
Thursday, May 15, before Sir Benjamin Phillips and 
Alderman Owden, with stealing half a pint of essence of 
ginger, belonging to the prosecutors. 
Mr. Humphreys (of the firm of Humphreys and Mor¬ 
gan) prosecuted on behalf of the Wholesale Chemists and 
Druggists’ Protection Society; and Mr. Buchanan appeared 
for the prisoners. 
It appeared that Messrs/Herring found they were being 
robbed, but could not tell how, or by whom, so they 
employed the detectives to find out ; and Frederick 
Charles Brett saw Tucker leave his employers’ premises, 
and go into a public-house in Jewin Street, where he met 
Holland, and gave him a bottle of essence of ginger. 
They had some gin together, and then parted. Brett 
stopped Holland in Bishopsgate Street, and questioned 
him as to what he had got about him, when he produced 
the bottle, and said that it was his medicine. He after¬ 
wards apprehended Tucker, when he admitted that he 
had given the other prisoner essence of ginger for his 
asthma. At his house several bottles were found, some 
of which were empty, and others contained chemicals such 
as Messrs. Herring manufactured. 
The prisoners, by the advice of their solicitor, pleaded 
guilty, so that the magistrates might deal with them 
summarily, and that course was acquiesced in by the 
prosecution. 
Sir Benjamin Phillips, having consulted Alderman 
Owden, sentenced them each to four months’ imprison¬ 
ment with hard labour. —Evening Standard. 
